There is a timeless presence that is forever aware. It is not confined to the space between your ears or within your skin. It has always been there, aware of all that your senses perceive, all the thoughts that drift through your mind, aware of all the stories, emotions/sensations that you mind-body experiences. This […]
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There is a false assumption that action that springs from a peaceful, loving, accepting mind is soft, ineffective and weak. That powerful action can only arise from a mind that is fuelled by the energy of anger or injustice. Nothing could be further from the truth. The mind that is at peace is a
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Is it possible that the purpose of story is to help us feel alive, something that we could naturally, spontaneously and effortlessly do as a child but which we quickly got conditioned/storied out of? To connect us with that which we naturally are – joyous, peaceful, limitless, free – alive? But there’s a catch. Story demands
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Generally, unpleasant events cut us off from life and pleasant ones reconnect us with life. I say ‘generally’ because, paradoxically, intensely painful experiences can produce the opposite effects. Image from PxHere For instance, when you are so consumed with rage or hopelessness or fear or helplessness such that you’re almost completely cut off from life, suffocating
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